Legal Opinion
Natural Res. Def. Council v. Nat'l Highway Traffic Safety Admin.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 29, 2018No. Docket Nos. 17-2780 (L); 17-2806 (con); August Term, 2017PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*100Congress frequently passes statutes that either permit or require agencies to assess monetary penalties against parties who fail to comply with the law. After the bill is passed, however, the initial dollar amount of the penalty often remains unchanged. Due to inflation, this stasis in the law has the practical effect of decreasing the value of the penalty over time.
In 2015, Congress passed a law requiring federal agencies to adjust their civil penalties to account for inflation, so that those imposed by agencies today have approximately the same value as they did at the time the penalties…
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